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A02175 Summary:

BILL NO	A02175
SAME AS	SAME AS S02030
SPONSOR	Ortiz
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §33-b, Pub Off L
Relates to the temporary appointment of heads of departments without the advice and consent of the senate and sets time limits for serving in such capacity.

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A02175 Actions:

BILL NO	A02175
01/22/2019	referred to governmental operations
01/08/2020	referred to governmental operations

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A02175 Committee Votes:

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A02175 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2175
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 22, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations
 
        AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation  to  the  temporary
          appointment  of heads of departments without the advice and consent of
          the senate
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. The public officers law is amended by adding a new section
     2  33-b to read as follows:
     3    § 33-b. Appointment of heads of departments  without  the  advice  and
     4  consent of the senate. 1. No person shall serve as the head of a depart-
     5  ment  for  more  than  ninety days without the advice and consent of the
     6  senate when the legislature is in session.
     7    2. When a vacancy occurs when the legislature is not  in  session,  no
     8  person  shall  serve  as the head of a department without the advice and
     9  consent of the senate for longer than thirty calendar days of  the  next
    10  succeeding legislative session.
    11    3.  A  person  may  only serve as the head of a department without the
    12  advice and consent of the senate once, regardless of the amount of  time
    13  such person served as the head of a department.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05849-01-9

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